New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

First, a few basics. The Earth’s inner core, which is smaller than the moon, is solid iron and nickel. It’s surrounded by a layer of molten metal known as the outer core, followed by the Earth’s ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found lurking below Africa and the Pacific Ocean, entombed some 1,200 miles below the ...

A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...

Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...